Alabama primed for repeat
Comments OffDuring his speech at Southeastern Conference Media Days, Alabama coach Nick Saban rattled off what he thought about his five rivals in the Western Division. OK, coach. But what about your team? You know, the defending national champions? “A lot of question marks,” Saban said. Probably about 11 other SEC teams wish they had the [...]
Price: Left Players Searching For Answers
Comments OffShaud Williams remembers hearing the news and going into shock. The senior running back at the University of Alabama had just gotten word that Mike Price, his coach of just a few months, had become embroiled in a scandal over his behavior at a celebrity golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla. Williams tried to process what [...]
Franchione: A businesslike approach
Comments OffDonnie Lowe will never forget the day Dennis Franchione first met the University of Alabama football team. “You would not have believed they were football coaches,” said Lowe, a Tuscaloosa police officer who played linebacker and fullback at Alabama. “They didn’t dress like football coaches. They wore three-piece suits. “I remember nobody clapping. Everybody was [...]
DuBose: “I did a very poor job”
Comments OffI don’t really think Dr. (Andrew) Sorensen (UA’s president at the time) or (then-UA athletics director) Bob Bockrath either one really wanted me,” DuBose said. “I don’t know that the support was probably where it should have been from that standpoint. That’s not an excuse, though. Regardless of support from that side of it, I [...]
Stallings returned Alabama to national prominence
Most of the major events in Gene Stallings’ life have played out in one of two places -– Texas or Alabama. But perhaps the biggest moment of his professional coaching career came in the unlikeliest of spots: Annapolis, Md. That is where Stallings first learned of the coaching vacancy at the University of Alabama, a [...]
Dodging agents takes good footwork
Comments OffTyrod Taylor found a novel way to avoid the agents who have been hounding his college football brethren. He got a new cell phone. “The number I did have, I don’t have anymore, Taylor said yesterday. “Maybe that’s why I don’t hear from them.” Before long, though, Taylor’s new digits will undoubtedly fall into the [...]
Saban’s most important season
Comments OffIf you’re interested in Saban’s future — and every SEC fan who wants his school to win a championship should be — you should be more interested in how he handles this season. So you should’ve paid attention when he said this: “Our fall camp is probably going to be the most important that we’ve [...]
